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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnother financial crisis pirate walks away scot free !
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/26/business/countrywide-mortgage-devastation-lingers-as-ex-chief-moves-on.html?ref=businessAngelo Mozilo can finally get on with his life.
This month the Justice Department told Mr. Mozilo, the former chief executive of Countrywide Financial, once the nations largest subprime mortgage lender, that he was no longer under investigation in connection with civil mortgage fraud. The governments criminal inquiry into Mr. Mozilos role in the financial crisis was dropped previously, so he is now in the clear.
At least thats the view from Washington. On Main Street, where the pain of Countrywides reckless lending and abusive foreclosure practices still throbs, its safe to say that Mr. Mozilo is still identified as a major figure in the mortgage crisis.
Countrywide, a freewheeling mortgage machine co-founded by Mr. Mozilo and based in Southern California, was at the epicenter of the mortgage meltdown that in 2008 brought the nations economy to its knees. Perennially tanned and fond of flashy suits, Mr. Mozilo personified the home-lending good times that ultimately went bad. The decision by the government to close the book on Mr. Mozilo is something of a milestone and a moment to revisit the deeds of the company he co-founded.
So, Angelo avoids civil as well as criminal liability for mortgage fraud. (thanks DOJ)
Omitted from this story: any mention of the "friends of Angelo" in the Senate and Congress who got preferential mortgages in exchange for legislative favours.
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Another financial crisis pirate walks away scot free ! (Original Post)
Angel Martin
Jun 2016
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Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)1. As BP is proving, you cannot have justice if you get screwed
by rich and powerful people and corporations.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)2. So, Bush's Just-US Dept, is same as our current Just-US dept.
Thankfully, I was prepared for this ...surprise.
Shandris
(3,447 posts)3. It's okay. You can get 10 nuggets for $1.50!
We can't do anything to threaten the delicate, interconnected world of complicated, impossible-for-a-peasant-to-understand high-flying finance in this global, interconnected world. We don't expect you to agree, but it doesn't matter as you aren't smart enough to understand what is at stake anyway.
Did I mention you can get some cheap nuggets? Why would you be upset about something when nuggets are UNDER TWO BUCKS?!
(( is hopefully not really needed, but obvious. ))